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echo: bbs_internet
to: Mike Miller
from: mark lewis
date: 1995-12-06 12:12:58
subject: satelite internet (was: )

JF>>> DirecPC will be nice and let you pay for it $100 at a time.
 JF>>> 

 ml>> that service is called DirectWay... i'm not sure what they
 ml>> charge as their rate or if they allow servers to be run on
 ml>> the service or even if it is metered service... however,
 ml>> they purport to provide speeds that rival a T1... for
 ml>> $100/month at T1 speeds, that's a pretty darned good price,
 ml>> all things considered...

 MM> I'd always heard there were huge latency lissues with
 MM> sattelite... so running a BBS wouldn't be an issue, but
 MM> online gaming would be virtually impossible.

i dunno... i'm aware that there have been issues but am not aware of
specifics with DirectWay...

)\/(ark

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